House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he does not support an effort by a group of 11 conservative lawmakers to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official who oversees the special counsel's Trump-Russia investigation.

"With Attorney General Sessions' recusal, Rod Rosenstein has been in charge of the Department of Justice as the agency has made every effort to obstruct legitimate attempts of Congressional oversight".

Despite pulling the articles of impeachment, Republicans may still hold a vote as to whether Rosenstein is in contempt of Congress for withholding documents.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein looks likely to keep his job, though he will also likely continue to endure political attacks from supporters of President Trump. "I have the highest confidence in him".

The resolution on its own does not mean that the House is on the verge of voting to impeach the deputy attorney general, and conservative House members agreed Thursday morning to holding off on a vote to impeach Rosenstein until after the August recess. The Republicans in question have no quarrel with Trump on this matter, and if he wanted to, he could simply fire Rosenstein - which would be much easier than impeaching him. "No, I do not", Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters at his weekly news conference. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with nine co-sponsors, introduced the articles shortly after a meeting with DOJ officials concerning document production.

It is also expected to force key Republican leaders to choose sides after many of them have sought to distance themselves from the controversial President's moves to protect himself.

Democrats have telegraphed for months that any move by Trump to oust Sessions, Rosenstein or Mueller would trigger a constitutional crisis. Rosenstein has fiercely pushed back against his House Republican critics, warning in May that the Justice Department is "not going to be extorted" amid threats that he could be impeached.

The move comes after months of criticism aimed at the department - and the Russian Federation investigation in particular - from Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. Trump has fumed about Mueller's probe and repeatedly called it a "witch hunt", a refrain echoed by some of the lawmakers.

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Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler of New York, Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Adam Schiff of California said Rosenstein "stands as one of the few restraints against the overreaches of the president and his allies in Congress".

Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether Trump's campaign was involved.

"The DOJ is keeping information from Congress", Jordan said.

"Rod Rosenstein and the Department of Justice have repeatedly ignored Congressional requests and subpoenas, showing a complete disregard for Congressional oversight authority".

For his part, Mr. Rosenstein has thumbed his nose at the lawmakers.

Justice Department officials, briefing reporters Wednesday on condition of anonymity, said the department has fully complied with two subpoenas from the House Intelligence Committee and met nearly all demands in a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee. That includes four Trump campaign advisers.

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At a Congressional hearing last month, Rosenstein responded to charges by Jordan that he was "hiding information from Congress". The last time the House actually voted to impeach an executive branch official other than a president was 1876 .

He later told Fox News" Chris Wallace in an interview: "We don't have anything on them and there can't be anything on them'. She also called for protection of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference.

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For Rose, there was pride at getting so near after needing a birdie on No. 18 on Friday to even make it to the weekend. Molinari, sitting on a sofa and watching TV in what looked like a scoring trailer, could finally celebrate.

More than 100 ex-students interviewed reported "firsthand accounts" of being victimized by Strauss, the university said. Investigators also are looking into Strauss' work for student health services and at his off-campus medical clinic.

Froome has been a repeated target of fans in this Tour after he was cleared of doping five days before the race began. Greipel, who also quit in Stage 12, later apologised on Twitter, saying he had relied on "incorrect" information.

He has pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of bank and tax fraud and failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. Alex Van der Zwaan, a lawyer who once worked closely with Manafort and Gates, has also pleaded guilty and has been sentenced.

In addition, the European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) consisting of 100 observers will also monitor the elections. Almost 106 million Pakistanis, including more than 19 million new voters, will be eligible to cast their ballots on Wednesday.

The military has ruled Pakistan through various coups for almost half of the country's history since independence in 1947. The PPP managed to maintain its stronghold in the Sindh Assembly and should lead the provincial government.

It said there had been an increase in fighting across its northern border, including intensified Syrian Air force activity. Israel says it has shot down a Syrian warplane which entered its airspace - a rare incident between the two foes.

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